Chattanooga Launches Keep Chattanooga Beautiful Litter Trucks

Four new litter trucks and a cleaning crew will cover four areas of Chattanooga, roughly 30 miles per day.

Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Home Cleaning

Chattanooga Launches Keep Chattanooga Beautiful Litter Trucks

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City of Chattanooga Public Works has launched Keep Chattanooga Beautiful litter trucks, adding four new trucks to the city plan with an assigned cleaning crew. Public Works will also accept resident requests for street cleaning.

Why it matters

The program targets litter and debris across Chattanooga by combining vacuum-equipped trucks with crews that can reach farther areas and collect bulky items. It gives residents a direct channel to request street cleaning.

The plan uses 4 new litter trucks covering 4 areas at about 30 miles per day, according to the city's program description. The source does not state a comparison to prior cleaning levels or the number of resident requests expected.

The players

Chattanooga Public Works

The city department responsible for maintaining streets, sidewalks and public spaces in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The details

The trucks vacuum along the sides of streets, and crews accompany them to reach farther areas. Crews also pick up large materials such as tires and bulky trash that the trucks cannot collect.

Public Works announced the launch of the litter trucks on November 2, 2026.

Home Cleaning Context

The Keep Chattanooga Beautiful program frames street litter as a neighborhood-level maintenance issue that the city now addresses with dedicated vacuum trucks rather than only manual pickup. Residents can request street cleaning through Public Works, linking household reporting to the city's sweeping schedule.

Chattanooga residents can request street cleaning through Public Works, and the new trucks will cover four areas of the city. Crews will also remove bulky items such as tires that regular trash service does not collect.

The takeaway

Residents who regularly see litter on their street can use the city's request channel for street cleaning rather than waiting for scheduled passes. Bulky items like tires can be reported for crew pickup.